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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last long stretch of hiking for Katz and Bryson before ending the first part of their trek?
(a) Shenandoah National Park
(b) Hundred Mile Wilderness
(c) White Mountains
(d) The Appalachian Mountains

2. Who joins Bryson and Katz in one of the Shenandoah shelters?
(a) Mary Ellen
(b) Park rangers
(c) The Boy Scouts
(d) A newlywed couple

3. What is Bryson's goal before he meets up with Katz again?
(a) Joining a gym
(b) Hiking as much of Vermont as possible.
(c) Staying in shape
(d) Hiking as much of New Hampshire as possible

4. What does Katz do because of loneliness and despair?
(a) He starts drinking again.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He sits on the trail and refuses to move.
(d) He jumps into the river.

5. When does Bryson get back on the trail for day hikes?
(a) The beginning of June
(b) The end of June
(c) The end of May
(d) The middle of July

6. How many Union troops does Stonewall Jackson capture at Harper's Ferry?
(a) 570
(b) 5,500
(c) 12,500
(d) 256

7. What does Bryson believe beauty has become for most Americans?
(a) Something to savor
(b) Something to drive to
(c) Something to cherish
(d) Something to ignore

8. Where does Katz join Bryson?
(a) Pike's Peak
(b) Hanover
(c) Killingsly
(d) Mount Washington

9. How do people get to the top of Mt. Washington if they do not hike?
(a) Horseback
(b) Bicycle riding
(c) Hay wagon
(d) Driving or cog railway

10. What happens to Katz in the Hundred Mile Wilderness?
(a) He falls from a cliff.
(b) He twists his ankle.
(c) He gets swept downriver.
(d) He gets lost.

11. What do Bryson and Katz have to cross over in the Maine woods?
(a) Wooden bridges
(b) Farmland
(c) Man made rope ladders
(d) Lagoons and rivers

12. What does Katz tell Bryson he has to protect them from bears?
(a) A toenail clipper
(b) Pepper spray
(c) A BB gun
(d) A Bowie knife

13. What is Chicken John's claim to fame?
(a) He hikes the trail every year.
(b) He eats chickens every day.
(c) He has hiked the trail seven times.
(d) He has been hiking the trail for half a year.

14. Where is Bryson's wife supposed to pick them up, now that the first stage of the hike is over?
(a) Dalton
(b) Mount Washington
(c) Front Royal
(d) Cabin Creek

15. What dangers do hikers have to watch for in Pennsylvania?
(a) Grizzly bears
(b) Wild boar
(c) Cougars
(d) Rattlesnakes and unreliable water sources

Short Answer Questions

1. How far had Bryson and Katz hiked when they parted ways?

2. For what is Bryson yearning?

3. Why does Bryson insist that they sleep in shelters from now on?

4. What is the estimate of people who hike the Appalachian Trail every year?

5. What mountain inspired Melville's Moby Dick.

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